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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, Peter was shown enjoying his freedom for how many more years?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

2. What were some ways Peter broke tradition beyond freeing himself of Eudoxia, shaving nobles' beards, and using decorations in lieu of land as rewards?
(a) Reforming the calendar and currency.
(b) Affording peasants, not serfs, voting rights.
(c) Offering land in exchange for military service.
(d) Reforming Russian feudal system.

3. Peter dealt harshly with robbers and beggars, especially ones who ________________.
(a) Threatened the ill or handicapped.
(b) Threatened women.
(c) Threatened foreigners.
(d) Threatened children.

4. Eudoxia Lopukhina bore Peter __________ before they were estranged.
(a) A son and a daughter.
(b) A daughter.
(c) A son.
(d) Twin sons.

5. In Chapter 12, Peter felt the need to shore up a dying anti-Turkish alliance and European worries grew regarding whose ambitions?
(a) Charles CI.
(b) Louis XIV.
(c) Philip IV.
(d) Mary II.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, Sophia installed new cohorts including her lover, Prince Vasily Golitsyn, and which others?

2. Where did Peter build an outpost that grew into the Kronstadt naval base?

3. While he maintained his devotion to Orthodoxy, Peter investigated Anglicanism and was fascinated by which denomination?

4. What was William III doing in Holland when the "Great Embassy" arrived?

5. Peter failed in his efforts with Leopold I to gain an ally against the Turks, as Austria was seeking peace in anticipation of new warfare in _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Peter unsuccessful in gaining an ally against the Turks when he met Leopold I?

2. What were Peter's distinguishing physical characteristics when he was age 22?

3. What took place for Peter on his initial trip to Archangel in 1693?

4. What were some of the problems Peter found taking place in the shipyards at Voronezh when he returned from his Embassy tour?

5. How did Sophia attempt to ensure that her brief state of thriving during Fedor's time continued following his death?

6. Why did Peter select the location he did for St. Petersburg?

7. When Sophia became regent, what immediate test did she face?

8. What were some examples that reflected how seventeenth century European wars, despite deadliness and scope that steadily grew, still retained obedience of rules?

9. What was Moscow like in Peter's youth?

10. When he came to power, what was the confrontation Charles XII faced with Peter?

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